Thanks.. I tried that but I'm getting an error before the webservice is reached : "Invalid JSON primitive: pText."
Like I said, my webservice's method expects a string, not a JSON key- value pair. I'd be surprised if we can't pass a simple string to a webservice ? On 29 jan, 16:24, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Right from the docshttp://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax#options > > "Object must be Key/Value pairs" > > something that > > data: "pText=some text" > > is not (it's a string) > > so with that pointed out, try > > $.ajax({ > url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication", > data: { pText: "some text" }, > type: "POST", > contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", > dataType: "json", > > }); > > On Jan 29, 10:58 am, graphicsxp <graphic...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to send a string to my webservice. The method I call > > expects a string parameter and returns a string of JSON data. > > > I've tried this way : > > > $.ajax({ > > url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication", > > data: "pText=some text", > > type: "POST", > > contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", > > dataType: "json", > > > }); > > > in which case I get the following error and the webservice is not even > > reached : > > > Invalid JSON primitive: pText > > > and this way : > > > $.ajax({ > > url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication", > > data: "pText=some text", > > type: "POST", > > dataType: "json", > > > }); > > > in which case the webservice is reached but then when the ajax call > > returns I get the following error : > > > parseerror > > > What do i need to do to fix this ? > > > Thanks
